Here's what the newsroom staff is working on for the Feb. 1, 2012 edition of the Brattleboro Reformer. Please note: Just because it appears on this budget, doesn't mean it will run in tomorrow's newspaper — some stories will be held to get complete information; some stories may be dropped completely. Stories might be held for space, or other timing considerations. Also, breaking stories may not appear on this budget.

Here's what the newsroom staff is working on for the Jan. 31, 2012 edition of the Brattleboro Reformer. Please note: Just because it appears on this budget, doesn't mean it will run in tomorrow's newspaper — some stories will be held to get complete information; some stories may be dropped completely. Stories might be held for space, or other timing considerations. Also, breaking stories may not appear on this budget.

While it may not look like to to some, I've been working on developing this blog for several months now. Toward the end of last year, with holidays, last minute staff vacations and new projects (the re-launched Friday paper and the ongoing project "tweaks") ... well, let's just say roll-out slowed to a crawl.

Well, no longer ... the blog is up and running, and set to go-live on Wednesday (Feb. 1). Readers will find daily budget posts and general talk about -- as local DJ Steve West likes to put it -- newspaperin'. Here's a space to directly communicate with the readers and explain decisions that are being made in the newsroom (or perhaps elsewhere in the company?), answer letters/e-mails in a public fashion (if the question and answer are of value to the community at large) ... and I'm sure many other topics of discussion I can't yet imagine.

Here's what the newsroom staff is working on for the Jan. 30, 2012 edition of the Brattleboro Reformer. Please note: Just because it appears on this budget, doesn't mean it will run in tomorrow's newspaper — some stories will be held to get complete information; some stories may be dropped completely. Stories might be held for space, or other timing considerations. Also, breaking stories may not appear on this budget.

Here's what the newsroom staff is working on for the Jan. 28, 2012 edition of the Brattleboro Reformer. Please note: Just because it appears on this budget, doesn't mean it will run in tomorrow's newspaper — some stories will be held to get complete information; some stories may be dropped completely. Stories might be held for space, or other timing considerations.

The Buttry Diaries(A blog by Steve Buttry, director of community engagement & social media, Digital First Media.)

The Rural Blog(A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, based at the University of Kentucky.)

NewspaperTurnaround(Matt DeRienzo, supervisor of all DFM properties in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Vermont.)